Atlantic: Round five, six preview

Rounds 5 and 6 of the 2008 Parts Canada Superbike Championship will be held
at Atlantic Motorsport Park in Shubenacadie, N.S. Aug. 8-10. The
doubleheader weekend will feature the fifth and sixth of seven races for
Canada's premier motorcycle road...

Rounds 5 and 6 of the 2008 Parts Canada Superbike Championship will be held
at Atlantic Motorsport Park in Shubenacadie, N.S. Aug. 8-10. The
doubleheader weekend will feature the fifth and sixth of seven races for
Canada's premier motorcycle road racing series.

Classes: The Parts Canada Superbike Championship consists of seven classes
for Pro and Amateur racers. The headline Pro division is Parts Canada
Superbike, for motorcycles up to 1000cc in capacity.

Other classes include the Yoshimura Pro 600 Sport Bike Championship
for motorcycles up to 600cc and the Canadian Thunder and Canadian Sport
Twins categories for twin-cylinder motorcycles.

The Armour Bodies Amateur 600 Sport Bike Championship is the top
class for Amateur racers in the series.

The Suzuki SV650 National Cup and Honda CBR125R Challenge are
starter classes designed for up and coming racers.

The Track: Atlantic Motorsport Park is a 2.56km (1.6-mile), 11-turn road
course. This weekend's races will be the 23rd and 24th Canadian Superbike
events at the track.

Favorites: Riding for the Canadian Kawasaki Motors team, Jordan Szoke of
Brantford, Ont. currently leads the Parts Canada Superbike Championship
standings with two wins and two runner-up finishes to his credit in the
first four races. He is trying for his fifth national Superbike title and
his third in a row.

Kevin Lacombe of Granby, Que. (Team Toyota Yamaha / Fast Company
Racing) is second in the series standings, 38 points behind Szoke. Lacombe
has won the Superbike national at AMP three times.

Clint McBain of Cochrane, Alta. (Acceleration Racing Suzuki) has two
wins to his credit this season and currently lies third in the series
standings, just eight points behind Lacombe. McBain is the defending AMP
track champion.

Steve Crevier of Maple Ridge, B.C. finished a superb third in the
season opener in the debut of the Deeley Harley-Davidson Canada / Ruthless
Racing Buell. Crevier is a six-time Canadian Superbike champion.

Defending HJC Pro Rookie of the Year Brett McCormick of Saskatoon is
considered one of Canada's most exciting up and coming racing talents. Still
only 16 years old, McCormick is Szoke's teammate on the Canadian Kawasaki
Motors team.

Local Stars: Brian Blaauwendraat of Truro, N.S. currently lies ninth in the
Yoshimura Pro 600 Sport Bike standings and is second in the chase for the
HJC Pro Rookie of the Year. The 23-year-old Honda rider won last year's
Amateur 600 Sport Bike national at AMP.

Also from Truro, Andrew Dunlap is eighth in the Parts Canada Superbike
standings and is coming off a season high seventh place finish on the Fundy
Power Sports Kawasaki ZX-10R in the previous round at Mosport International
Raceway.

Other Stories: Montreal's Marie-Josee Boucher is the only female competing
in the Pro ranks. Riding for the Excel Moto Honda team, the 27-year-old is
fourth in the Pro Rookie of the Year rankings.

The engine in Steve Crevier's Buell 1125R was designed by the
Austrian firm Rotax, which is a subsidiary of Canada's Bombardier
Recreational Products. Buell is a division of The Harley-Davidson Motor
Company.

Crevier, a six-time Canadian Superbike champion, also has more
national Superbike wins at AMP than any other rider with seven to his credit.

Jordan Szoke claimed his 25th career national Superbike victory at
Mosport International Raceway, leaving him just one victory behind Crevier
for first place on the all-time list.

The Atlantic Roadracing League is in its first year of organizing
motorcycle events at Atlantic Motorsport Park and presides over one of the
most vibrant regional road racing communities in the country.

AMP is one of the most storied race tracks in Canada. In the 1970s
it hosted rounds of the internationally renowned North American Formula
Atlantic championship, featuring future car racing stars Bobby Rahal and
Gilles Villeneuve. AMP staged its first Superbike national in 1987, making
it one of the pioneering venues for the Canadian tour.

Weekend Schedule: Practice and qualifying will be held Friday, Aug. 8 with
feature races set for Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

Tickets: Weekend Passes $50 to be paid at the gate. Further information on
tickets, directions, schedules, etc., can be found at
www.atlanticroadracing.com